E45/f9440 - Otapiri Gorge, Southland (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 337; S169/0440

Where: New Zealand (46.0° S, 168.4° E: paleocoordinates 76.5° S, 47.3° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Ururoan = Pliensbachian-Toarcian, here assigned to the Toarcian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1878. REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63814: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for reported faunas (from several monographs). New Zealand Fossil Record File (http://data.gns.cri.nz/fred/) for supplementary data., further publications and synonymies. NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and use of subgeneric and species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by J.A. Marwick.
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina radiata" = Callospiriferina radiata
"Spiriferina radiata" = Callospiriferina radiata Hector 1886
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Aucklandirhynchia sexagesimae1
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchiinae indet.1
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Herangirhynchia herangiensis1, Sakawairhynchia bartrumi1
Sakawairhynchia bartrumi1 Marwick 1953
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.2
Terebratula sp.2 Müller 1776
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptochlamys wunschae2
Camptochlamys wunschae2 Marwick 1953 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp.2
Lima sp.2 Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.2
Placunopsis sp.2 Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.2
Entolium sp.2 Meek 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pseudaucella marshalli
Pseudaucella marshalli Trechmann 1923 pearl oyster
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita sp.
Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.2
Astarte sp.2 Sowerby 1816 clam
1MacFarlan 1992; 2Marwick 1950